Angela Milburn of Mount Eden and Pete and Donna Milburn of Cox’s Creek announce the engagement and forthcoming wedding of their daughter, Shana Milburn of Mount Eden, to Jared Norton of Elizabethtown, son of Bob and Judy Norton of Elizabethtown.

The bride-to-be is a 2001 graduate of Corner Stone Christian Academy and a 2010 graduate of Kaplan University; she is employed at the state medical examiner’s office.

The prospective groom is a 2000 graduate of Central Hardin High School and is employed at Budget Car Sales in Muldraugh.

Mike and Renee McCullough of Big Clifty and Marty and Bonnie Hunt of Elizabethtown announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their children, Cassandra McCullough and Andy Hunt, both of Cecilia.

The bride-to-be is a 2008 graduate of Central Hardin High School, a 2011 graduate of Kentucky Dental Academy and is employed by Hinton and Hinton Family Dentistry. She is the granddaughter of Jerry and Wanda Martin of Eastview and Avery and Nancy Roy of Cecilia.

Ancestral Trails had Ann Sipes as their September guest speaker. She spoke on brick walls that genealogists experience and how they might overcome them. Each guest was asked to give a brick wall they had in their research for an ancestor or family member. Some offered suggestions for overcoming their walls.

The next Ancestral Trails Historical Society is at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 7, at the Hardin County Public Library in Elizabethtown with Melvin Gregory presenting a program on “Extending Family Tree with DNA Testing.” For more information call 862-3209.

Students at the Larue County Middle School collected more than 700 pairs of flip-flop sandals to donate to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The flip-flop drive is part of the Keep Our Soldiers Safe (KOSS) program organized by Fort Knox Federal Credit Union. The KOSS program supports the troops with useful items from home.